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800m Battle to continue in India

800m duo Gayanthika and Nimali eye podium against the odds at Bhubaneswar The battle for 800m supremacy between Nimali Liyanarachchi and Gayanthika Abeyrathne is set to resume in Bhubaneshwar at...

Will this be Will this be Lucky 7 for Manjula

Team leader Manjula Kumara Wijesekara will be representing the country for the seventh time at the Asian Athletics Championship when he competes at the 2017 edition in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha which...

Full Results -Paris Diamond League 2017

Men 100 m: 1. Ben Youssef Meité (CIV) 9.99 2. Yunier Pérez (CUB) 10.05 3. Churandy Martina (NED) 10.23 4. Henricho Bruintjies (RSA) 10.23 5. Julian Forte (JAM) 10.26 6....

Thompson wins, advantage Kendricks in pole vault

Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, the reigning double Olympic sprint champion, put on the afterburners in the final 20 metres to rack up a convincing victory at Saturday’s Diamond League meet in...

Charith: A confluence of sporting success and education

Shot putt and hammer throw National record holder Charith Kapukotuwa had sports as his priority before he moved to the USA. It changed dramatically from sports to education after arriving...

Vinoj eyes sprint revolution

For years Sri Lanka has not succeeded in the men’s sprinting events at Asian level. In the history of the100m or 200m it’s rarely that SL men have got through...

Record number of athletes to participate in Asian Athletics Championship

A record number of athletes will participate in the upcoming edition of Asian Athletics Championships (AAC), making it the largest in the history of the event. In a first, over...

Bolt fires to 100m victory in Ostrava

Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt fired to victory in the 100m in Ostrava on Wednesday in a modest 10.06 seconds, in what was his first appearance in Europe in his...

My greatest challenge – Mutaz Essa Barshim

For Olympic silver medalist and 2014 world indoor champion Mutaz Essa Barshim, overcoming a serious injury in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games was his greatest challenge. UNTIMELY...

සුරේන්ද්‍ර කුමාරට (බෝල්ට්) කොරියාවේදී මීටර් 200න් පදක්කමක්

සමිත සුරේනද්‍ර කුමාර කොරියා විවෘත මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලියේදී ලෝකඩ පදක්කමක් දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. මීටර් 200 පිරිමි ඉසව්වට සහභාගීවෙමින් තත්පර 21.28 ක දක්ෂතාවක් දැක්වීමට ඔහු සමත්ව ඇත. එම ඉසව්වේ පළමු...

Blake takes sprint double at Jamaica nationals

Olympic Games silver medalist Yohan Blake copped his third sprint double at the Jamaican national track and field championships on Sunday, winning the 200 meters in 19.97 seconds. It was...

Asian Championship: Is it really Asian or African ?

‘Hiring Athletes’ to participate at international events has been a long running trend of oil wealthy Middle East countries, who continue to foster impressive athletes from African and South American...

Johnson questions rewriting records

Michael Johnson has questioned a proposal to wipe out all athletics world records set before 2005, voicing scepticism that the move will help clean up track and field’s tainted image....

McLeod sets Jamaican 110m hurdle record

Olympic gold medalist Omar McLeod set a Jamaican national record of in the 110 meter hurdles Saturday with a blistering time of 12.90 seconds during the 2017 Jamaican track and...

Gatlin dreaming of ‘historic’ final Bolt duel

Justin Gatlin says the prospect of lining up for one final duel against Usain Bolt is driving his weary body as he sealed another ticket to IAAF World Championship in...

St. Benedict’s, Lyceum Wattala seal Western province Schools championships

St. Benedict’s College Kotahena and Lyceum International School Wattala emerged champions of the Western Province Schools Games –Athletics Championships concluded at Diyagama on Thursday (22nd). Benedict’s collected 200 points while...

Coleman off mark at US trials

Rising sprint star Christian Coleman made an explosive start to his US World Championship trials campaign on Thursday, romping into the 100m semi-finals in under 10 seconds as fastest qualifier....

BOLT TO RACE IN MONACO – IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE prior to World C’ship

Organisers of the Herculis EBS meeting have confirmed that Usain Bolt will compete at the IAAF Diamond League meeting on 21 July as part of his farewell tour. Returning to...

Dulanjali added to the Asian Championship team

High Jumper Dulanjali Ranasinghe has been added to the Sri Lanka team for the forthcoming Asian Athletics Championship to be held in Bhubaneshwar , India from 06th to 09th July....

Sri Lanka sends Five Athletes for Korean Open C’ship

A team of five athletes and coach will leave the island on Friday (23) for the Korean Open Athletics Championship to be held in Incheon. The team includes Pole Vaulter...

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